Pesach Cleaning Journal 2020 Day 2

it is 10:30 a.m. in the holy city of safed.  i tacked a piece of suede material onto the foot stool.  i changed the duvet cover on the comforter, which reeked of pee. i washed out the sugar dispenser.  i bleached out the dish soap container and sponge. i put away the new tubes of aloe vera heat.  they were sitting on the kitchen table for over a month.  i put away my homeowners insurance policy which has been on the kitchen knick nak shelf since September.  i wiped down the dog bed and dog toys.  i threw out the large plastic dog food bowls that I've had for over 20 years. i will be using stainless steel ones from now on

330 p.m.  i wiped down the computer, the telephone,  the computer table, the keyboard and mouse and, the bookshelves in the blog room.  i even washed the Barbie and ken look alike knockoff dolls that i dressed as a bride and groom nearly 11 years ago.  they eerily resemble my son and his wife. i managed to sew the protective sheet back onto the mattress and got the slip cover back on.  it is still wet after a week.  i wiped the keyboard down with a damp rag with soap and bleach.  in the past, many years ago B.C., that is before corona; i would buy a new keyboard and mouse. before that, in the stone age, we would take off every key and wash it.  the procedure took hours.  there is no going down to town to buy computer parts right now.  i shook out the keyboard.  i did my best.

the rabbis have even told us not to go outside and burn our chometz.  we are allowed to pour bleach over pieces of bread or even flush them down the toilet.  i was already prepared to burn little morsels of bread using the little barbecue lighters.  we are also allowed to symbolically sell our chometz on line this year.  we usually go to town to the chief rabbi's office in town and sign on the dotted line.  the world has changed so fast since purim.  i am planning on staying in.  i might take the dogs out later this evening.